An exciting online game of knowledge and recall, Buzzword will challenge the depth and breadth of your knowledge in an engaging, audio-based format and let you compare your results with those of players at your level from around the world.

Buzzword is an exciting online game of knowledge and recall. It will challenge the depth and breadth of your knowledge in an engaging, audio-based format and let you compare your results with those of players at your level from around the world.

Quiz bowl is a fast-paced buzzer competition in which teams of four players compete to answer questions that cover academic subjects like literature and science as well as the broader world of popular culture and current events.

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Interested in playing quiz bowl in college? Sign up for NAQT's Rising Freshmen Contact list! (NAQT uses this information to help college teams identify potential members, and to assist players who wish to form new teams.) We look forward to seeing you at future college tournaments!

NAQT is pleased to offer discounted gift certificates that can be used to buy our practice material! Interested in bulking out your team's collection of practice questions? Looking for a graduation gift or birthday present for an avid quiz bowl player, or an end-of-year present for your child's coach and team? Have budget money that needs to be spent before the end of the school year?

Gift certificates are sold at a discount, with larger discounts for larger amounts. (For instance, a $100 gift certificate can be purchased for $90.)

Gift certificates can only be used to purchase practice material (this includes our subject-specific Thumbs Up! sets, but not registration fees for tournaments or interactive games such as Buzzword).

Gift certificates may be redeemed starting September 1, 2020. They do not expire.

Buzzword is NAQT's exciting new online game of knowledge and recall. Challenge the depth and breadth of your knowledge in Buzzword's engaging, audio-based format and compare your results with players at your level from around the world.

Sample games (using questions from NAQT's archives) are available at all three levels of Buzzword.

Valencia College A (Orlando, FL) won the 2020 NAQT Community College Championship Tournament by defeating Chipola College A (Marianna, FL) 260-210 in the first game of an advantaged final. Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, KS) placed third; Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL) finished fourth. All four teams earned invitations to compete at NAQT's Intercollegiate Championship Tournament in April.

In order to help college quiz bowl teams identify potential players, NAQT collects information about players' college plans.
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